First encounter with martial arts

When Jiang Xuan said the number “one million,” he was actually a little nervous.

After all, one million might not seem like much to people who boast online, but in reality, it's a huge sum of money.

With his parents' combined monthly salary of 15,000, it would take them six or seven years to save that much, even if they didn't eat or drink.

It was precisely when he said he wanted one million that Shen Zongtian's expression immediately changed.

Jiang Xuan's heart skipped a beat, and he wondered if he should voluntarily lower the price, but then he saw Shen Zongtian say, quite astonished:

"That little?"

Jiang Xuan: ...So your change in expression just now wasn't because you thought it was too much, but because you thought it was too little?

He immediately felt a bit regretful; if he had known Principal Shen was so wealthy, he would have asked for more.

Shen Zongtian laughed heartily and flicked his wrist.

With a whoosh, a bank card shot towards Jiang Xuan at an extremely fast speed.

Jiang Xuan reached out and steadily caught it, unfolding his hand to find a black credit card.

The credit card's surface had silver-plated patterns of a collapsing galaxy, giving a sense of all things ending yet about to be reborn.

Qin Xianwei, standing nearby, raised her eyebrows slightly, a hint of surprise appearing on her cold and arrogant face.

Although Shen Zongtian seemed to be giving Jiang Xuan a credit card, he was actually testing his strength. The credit card, when flung, was quite destructive, and she hadn't expected Jiang Xuan to catch it so easily.

In an instant, the killing intent in Qin Xianwei's heart grew even stronger.

"I can't let him continue to grow like this, otherwise, by the time of the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination, the number one spot in Lei City will definitely be his, and all my plans and efforts will go to waste..."

Almost in an instant, Qin Xianwei had made a decision in her heart.

That was to take advantage of the Lei Cheng No. 1 High School Exclusive Secret Realm opening in two days and kill Jiang Xuan in the Secret Realm!

She didn't care about the honor of Lei Cheng No. 1 Middle School. She only wanted the artisan item that the City Lord of Lei City would reward to this year's Lei City College Entrance Examination's top scorer!

"Perfect, there's no surveillance in the Secret Realm. If it were outside, even on a martial arts stage, the teachers would stop me if I tried to kill him..."

Just as she was thinking this,

Suddenly, Shen Zongtian's hearty laughter rang out, filled with appreciation.

"Hahaha, not bad, very good, Jiang Xuan, your qi and blood value must be at least 2500 points, right?"

Jiang Xuan looked up at his words, pretending to be flustered, and said:

"No, but it's close, only perhaps a few tens of points away."

He had clearly seen that Shen Zongtian was testing his strength earlier, and he chose to suppress his strength while making it seem like he caught it casually.

His goal was to make Principal Shen believe that his qi and blood value would only be around 2500 points these past few days, making it difficult to surpass Qin Xianwei.

Then, when Qin Xianwei was killed, no one would suspect him.

After all, a 500-point difference in qi and blood value was already quite significant.

Shen Zongtian nodded and said:

"That's how the blood god fruit is; its effect is strongest when first consumed, but then it slows down. From the looks of it, it will probably take another half a month for your qi and blood value to Breakthrough 3000 points."

As he spoke, he glanced at Qin Xianwei standing by the sofa, seemingly intending to urge her to Cultivate diligently.

Otherwise, in another half a month, the title of the school's top student might change hands.

Shen Zongtian continued:

"There are five million in this card, the password is my birthday. If you don't know my birthday, you can check our school's official website. Feel free to use it, just let me know when you've used it all."

Five million?

Jiang Xuan was a bit surprised, not expecting Principal Shen to be so generous!

And judging by Principal Shen's tone, this seemed to be just a small amount of money.

"As expected of a Martial Master whose qi and blood value has reached 160,000 points, he's truly wealthy..."

Jiang Xuan sighed inwardly, then said very politely:

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Principal Shen."

After speaking, seeing that there seemed to be nothing else, he turned to leave the Principal's three-story villa.

But Shen Zongtian suddenly called out to him.

"Wait, Jiang Xuan."

Jiang Xuan turned his head and asked curiously:

"Principal Shen, is there anything else?"

"Of course, what comes next is the main reason I called you here today."

As Shen Zongtian spoke, he stood up, his sturdy shoulders under his purple plaid suit rotating twice, making snapping sounds like firecrackers.

He looked not at all like an old man; instead, he was many times stronger and more powerful than many young people.

At this moment, Shen Zongtian seemed to transform from a gentle and dashing old man into an extremely fierce and dangerous beast, even giving people a sense of trepidation.

"Is this the strength of a Martial Master...?"

Jiang Xuan instinctively felt a strong sense of oppression and a chasm-like gap.

It seemed that if Shen Zongtian wished, he could easily crush the current him with a single finger.

Jiang Xuan knew he wasn't strong enough, but he hadn't expected that an existence at the Martial Master level alone would be so much stronger than him.

Immediately, his desire to become stronger reached its peak.

Jiang Xuan didn't speak, choosing to quietly wait for Principal Shen's next instruction.

After Shen Zongtian finished stretching his muscles and bones, a smile appeared in the wrinkled corners of his eyes: "Anyone in the top three of their grade will receive a Martial Skill personally taught by me. What, you don't want to learn?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuan's spirit couldn't help but be invigorated!

Martial Skill, at least in high school, was an absolute rarity.

If a high school student wanted to learn a Martial Skill, they could only find a Martial Master to teach them, with a starting price of one million, and there was no guarantee they would even learn it.

A Martial Master is an existence whose qi and blood value exceeds 100,000 points but does not exceed 1,000,000 points.

100,000 points of qi and blood value is called a One-Star Martial Master, 200,000 points is called a Two-Star Martial Master, and so on.

There are only three Martial Masters in Lei City: Principal Shen Zongtian of Lei Cheng No. 1 Middle School, the Director of the Martial Arts Department, and the City Lord of Lei City.

Among them, the Director of the Martial Arts Division is a Two-Star Martial Master.

The City Lord of Lei City, on the other hand, is a Three-Star Martial Master, and the strongest person in the entire Lei City.

Of course, what Jiang Xuan cared about wasn't the power of the Martial Skill, but rather wanting to see what the difference was between the Martial Skills of this world and the Divine Abilities he obtained from the Fantasy World.

After all, he was already a Cultivator, so his strength certainly couldn't be calculated according to this Martial Dao world. Perhaps he had only Cultivated to the second or third layer of the True Essence Realm, and he would already be equivalent to a Martial Master with 100,000 points of qi and blood value?

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Shen Zongtian took steps, walked to the center of the villa's living room, took out his phone, and casually pressed it twice.

Suddenly, the living room floor vibrated, and a circular pattern covering a hundred meters on the floor beneath the Principal's feet rose, transforming into a fully steel-built arena.

Shen Zongtian rose with the arena, looking down at Jiang Xuan, and smiled, extending three fingers, saying:

"You can choose one from three Martial Skills: Iron Mountain Lean, Eight Extremes Collapse, and Crushing Palm."

The next moment, Shen Zongtian's figure flickered, and he suddenly used Iron Mountain Lean!

"Watch closely!"

And at the moment the Cultivation Technique was demonstrated, Jiang Xuan's eyes suddenly widened!

"This...!"